Observations for AIR Special txn "Mahalaya" on 27th Sept

All India Radio special transmission for "Mahalaya" was observed on foll frequencies :

Date : 27th Sept, 2011 (Tuesday) Time : 2300 UTC 26th Sept (0430 IST, 27th Sept) to 0035 UTC 27th Sept (0605 IST, 27th Sept)

SW

4760 - Port Blair 4820 - Kolkata - till 0035 UTC, slight co-ch qrm from PBS Xizang 4835 - Gangtok 4880 - Lucknow 4895 - Kurseong 4940 - Guwahati 4965 - Shimla - severe co-ch qrm by CVC, Lusaka, Zambia

MW

531 - Jodhpur 549 - Ranchi 603 - Ajmer 621 - Patna A 648 - Indore A 657 - Kolkata A 666 - New Delhi B 675 - Chattarpur 711 - Siliguri 729 - Guwahati A 747 - Lucknow A 756 - Jagdalpur - Not heard 774 - Shimla 801 - Jabalpur 810 - Rajkot A 819 - New Delhi A 846 - Ahmedabad A 891 - Rampur 909 - Gorakhpur 918 - Suratgarh 954 - Nazibabad 981 - Raipur 1008 - Kolkata B 1026 - Allahabad A 1044 - Mumbai A - Not heard 1125 - Tezpur - Not heard 1179 - Rewa 1215 - New Delhi 1242 - Varanasi 1260 - Ambikapur 1296 - Dharbhanga 1314 - Bhuj 1350 - Kupwara 1386 - Gwalior 1395 - Bikaner 1404 - Gangtok 1476 - Jaipur A 1566 - Nagpur 1584 - Mathura 1593 - Bhopal A

None of the FM channels in Delhi was carrying this special txn. At 0000 UTC most of the MW stn's were back with their regular programming. Indore, Jabalpur, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Naziababad, Raipur, Allahabad, Rewa, Varanasi, Bhuj, Bhopal switched to regular programming at 0030 UTC.

(Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE)